#ECD873#ECD873

#ECD873 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.682; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.124 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD873
RGB	rgb(236, 216, 115)
HSL	hsl(50, 76%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(50, 51%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 51.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.10, -5.88, 51.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.10, 52.13, 96.48°)
OKLab	oklab(87.82% -0.018 0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(87.82% 0.124 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(62.2445, 68.1848, 26.0986)
Luminance	0.6818 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD873 #7387EC

analogous

#EC9C73 #ECD873 #C4EC73

triadic

#ECD873 #73ECD8 #D873EC

tetradic

#ECD873 #73EC9C #7387EC #EC73C4

square

#ECD873 #73EC9C #7387EC #EC73C4

split-complementary

#ECD873 #73C4EC #9C73EC

monochromatic

#C9AD1B #E5C93D #ECD873 #F3E7A9 #FBF6DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#ECD873 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.64

#ECD873 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD873

14.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD873	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD873	1.00	1.43	14.64	14.64
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D36A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDB77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCCBC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd873;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 216, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.124 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e39d',
    500: '#ecd873',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd873;
$custom-light: #f4e39d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd873",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.083,
    "s": 76.101,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87816,
    "c": 0.12389,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.68182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD873

secondary

#3F55C4

accent

#2FD80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD873

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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